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I really can't stop the guy folks...Chris barrelled into the office today rambling
about this or that guy he spoke to, this or that news item and I can barely even get a
word in...He's still fired up about the Intell flap so we're going hard on it again
tonight (picture your dog with the Outback leftovers)...Ralph Reed, who's now a senior
Bush-Cheney re-elect campaign consultant, will be here as will Dee Dee, Rollins &
Howard to discuss the story that just won't die: the latest, the damage control, the
spin, the fact, the fiction, "the horror, the horror"...(a little Col. Kurtz,
Apocalypse Now action for you there)
Lots of news out over the weekend...I've thrown in a few of the pieces below...
Plus our man Steve Emerson will chew on this for the F Block....Newsweek Exclusive-The
9-11 Report: Slamming the FBI http://www.msnbc.com/news/941425.asp
It's late and Ralph is getting here any minute to do the pre-tape so I gotta
run...Later...
Dominic Bellone wrote, edited and compiled The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC
A U.S. soldier and an Iraqi interpreter were killed and three soldiers wounded in a
gun and bomb attack in Baghdad on Monday, a military spokeswoman said. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=FNSQP4VPRE2AUCRBAEKSFFA?type=topNews&storyID=3125652
White House Didn't Gain CIA Nod for Claim On Iraqi Strikes...Gist Was Hussein Could
Launch in 45 Minutes (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17424-2003Jul19.html?nav=hptop_tb
Expert: Iraq nuke proof was thin...Even as the Bush administration concluded Iraq was
reviving its nuclear weapons program, key signs -- such as scientific data of weapons
work and evidence of research by Iraq's nuclear experts -- were missing, according to
several former intelligence officials
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/937524.asp
Report cited threat in Hussein defeat...Declassified report: Iraqi leader posed more
danger after war (The Washington Post) http://msnbc.com/news/941757.asp?0dm=N13ON
The War Comes Home...The White House launches a political counterattack as Bush's
approval rating slides, casualties mount in Iraq and questions linger about the case
for war (Time Magazine)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030728-465797,00.html
Democrats Still Lack Front-Runner...Six months of intense campaigning by nine
candidates have left the race for the Democratic presidential nomination every bit as
unsettled as it was at the beginning of the year. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20525-2003Jul20.html
Bush boosts coffers on Texas trip...Fund-raising is juggernaut amid recent criticism
(The Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/202/nation/Bush_boosts_coffers_on_Texas_trip+.shtml
Curry: Green Party ponders 2004 strategy...Activists scoff at Democrat Dean, some look
to a Nader bid http://www.msnbc.com/news/941276.asp?0cv=NA01
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Monday that President Bush
circumvented portions of the congressional resolution authorizing war against Iraq by
failing to exhaust all diplomatic options before attacking Baghdad. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20030721/ap_on_el_pr/kerry_iraq
Coalition troops battle Taliban...Afghan militants step up attacks on foreign troops
(MSNBC) http://msnbc.com/news/941833.asp?0cv=CB10
No letup in Iraq insurgency...Iraq's insurgency against American troops continued on
Monday with a fresh grenade and small arms fire attack that killed an American soldier
and his Iraqi interpreter in north Baghdad.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/870749.asp
W. Va. readies for Lynch's return...Tuesday's homecoming of former POW Jessica Lynch
is providing a brief economic boom for her hometown in West Virginia.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/941827.asp
President Bush has agreed to appear next week at the annual convention of the National
Urban League, just two weeks after skipping the NAACP's national conference for the
third year in a row. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030719-114325-2220r.htm
U.N. Chief Endorses U.S-Backed Iraqi Council...Annan's recommendation could help to
garner U.N. approval of the Iraqi body, a step in building international legitimacy
and recruiting foreign aid. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20598-2003Jul20.html?referrer=email
Bremer believes Saddam alive near Iraqi hometown...L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. civilian
administrator in Iraq, said yesterday he believes that Saddam Hussein is alive and
hiding near his Iraqi hometown of Tikrit, where loyalists of the ousted dictator are
orchestrating attacks against U.S. soldiers (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20030720-115918-2581r.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Pat: Approaching imperial overstretch
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33674
Solitaire reconstruction...The Bush administration must face the fact that it can't
rebuild Iraq on its own and will need the help of other countries and the United
Nations. By Fred Kaplan.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/940790.asp
Landfield: "It's No Wonder Conservatives are Defending the President - He Needs a Good
Defense" http://www.practicalpolitics.net/landfield/7_20_03.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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